AT&T is allowed to upgrade those lines from copper to fiber, the agency said. AT&T achieved its goal of deregulation in the other 20 states where it has wireline operations, Johnson said.

AT&T aims to retire a majority of its old-school copper networks by 2029, which will involve moving users to wireless, fiber, ...

Suburbs near Los Angeles suffered a widespread internet outage over Father's Day weekend. Authorities later confirmed that an unsuccessful copper wire theft was the cause.

Dallas City Council Member Carolyn King-Arnold encourages new initiatives to curb the theft of copper and fiber-optic cable. (Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer) The rise in copper and fiber ...

Dispute over speed and responsibility in fiber optic transition The Federal Network Agency doesn't want to intervene in copper-glass migration out of precaution. Deutsche Telekom's competitors ...

Brightspeed to replace copper wires with fiber optics amid ongoing service issues. by Sarah Weitzman. Wed, March 26th 2025 at 6:39 PM. Updated Wed, March 26th 2025 at 7:16 PM. 4. VIEW ALL PHOTOS.

According to Ziply Fiber, the thefts took place sometime overnight on Tuesday in Kirkland and just east of Redmond. The cut wires have impacted phones, internet and 911 services.

Telus Corp., one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, is working on the potential spinoff of a large real estate portfolio, which it’s freeing up after constructing fiber-optic ...